(19)
(11) EP 1 477 597 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
09.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/47

(21) Application number: 04009106.8

(22) Date of filing: 16.04.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7D01H 9/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 13.05.2003 JP 2003134870

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Yakushi, Makoto
    Kariya-shi Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Tail yarn cutting device for spinning machine


(57) Disclosed is a tail yarn cutting device for a spinning machine in which a tail yarn cutting member is provided on a blade so as to be capable of ascending and descending, with the tail yarn cutting member being constantly urged toward a spindle base by a coil spring. The tail yarn cutting member and the spindle base portion are equipped with a plurality of protrusions and recesses capable of being engaged with each other. In a state in which a roll or less or yarn is wound at a position somewhat below the portion where the tail yarn cutting member and the spindle base portion are in contact with each other, cop is pulled up by a doffing device, and the tail yarn cuttingmember is raised together with the cop halfway through the pulling-up, the yarn connected from the cop to a traveler being guided to a position between the tail yarn cutting member and the spindle base portion. Thereafter, the yarn is grasped between the tail yarn cutting member detached from the cop and the spindle base portion 5b, and the yarn is cut by a cutter portion.










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